EP2273675A3 - Switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment - Google Patents

Switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment Download PDF

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EP2273675A3
EP2273675A3 EP10167045A EP10167045A EP2273675A3 EP 2273675 A3 EP2273675 A3 EP 2273675A3 EP 10167045 A EP10167045 A EP 10167045A EP 10167045 A EP10167045 A EP 10167045A EP 2273675 A3 EP2273675 A3 EP 2273675A3
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implanted lead
leadwire
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Robert Shawn Johnson
Warren S. Dabney
Robert A. Stevenson
Christopher Michael Williams
Holly Noelle Moschiano
Scott Brainard
Daniel Robert Kaiser
Henry R. Halperin
Albert C. Lardo
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Abstract

An energy management system that facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy induced on an implanted lead or a leadwire includes an energy dissipating surface (161) associated with the implanted lead or the leadwire, a diversion or diverter circuit (112') associated with the energy dissipating surface (161), and at least one non-linear circuit element switch (284, 284', 284'') for diverting energy in the implanted lead or the leadwire through the diversion circuit (112') to the energy dissipating surface. In alternate configurations, the switch may be disposed between the implanted lead or the leadwire and the diversion circuit, or disposed so that it electrically opens the implanted lead or the leadwire when diverting energy through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. The non-linear circuit element switch is typically a PIN diode. The diversion circuit may be either a high pass filter or a low pass filter.
EP10167045A 2009-06-23 2010-06-23 Switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment Withdrawn EP2273675A3 (en)

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US12/489,921 US7751903B2 (en) 2002-04-15 2009-06-23 Frequency selective passive component networks for implantable leads of active implantable medical devices utilizing an energy dissipating surface
US12/686,137 US8989870B2 (en) 2001-04-13 2010-01-12 Tuned energy balanced system for minimizing heating and/or to provide EMI protection of implanted leads in a high power electromagnetic field environment
US12/686,272 US8509913B2 (en) 2001-04-13 2010-01-12 Switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment
US12/707,568 US8457760B2 (en) 2001-04-13 2010-02-17 Switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment

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